Terms: nomination, closed and open primaries, majority party, realignment, dealignment, divided government, third party, single member and multiple member districts, caucus, responsible party government
Functions of Political Parties
- recruitment
- nomination
- mobilization
- facitiltating mass electoral choice
- influencing government
The Origins of the Two Party System
- early opinion about parties
-- Washington's farewell speech
- the ratification debate
- opposition to Washington in Congress
- reinforced by winner take all system
Parties as Coalitions
- Democrats
-- union members
-- women
-- social liberals
-- multilateralists
-- ethnic minorities
- Republicans
-- business owners
-- men
-- social conservatives
-- unilateralists
-- anglos
Party positions
- Democrats
- Republicans
- where are they distinct? where are they not?
- the responsible party organization
The rise of independents
- the difficulty of maintaining a third party
Evolution in US party system
- party eras
- first: 1800-1828 - jeffersonian - republicans dominate; elite control
- second: 1828 - 1860 - democrats dominate; propoerty limits removed; party machines develop
- third: 1860 - 1896 - balance; industrial development
- fourth: 1896 - 1932 - republicans dominate; progressive issues rise
- fifth: 1932 - 1968 - democrats dominate; new deal coalition formed; civil righst increases
- sixth: 1968 - ? - divided government; rise of independents
2004: The realignment that failed
- policies were calculated to split Catholics, Latinos, and Jews from Democrats
Evolution in Texas party system
- first: 1840s - 1870s - The origin of the party system
- second: 1870s - 1970s - democrats dominate
- third: 1970s - 1990s - two party system emerges
- fourth: 2000 - ? - republicans dominate
Party Organization
- Permanent
-- precinct chair
-- county and district executive committee
-- state executive committee
--national committee
- temporary
-- precint convention
-- county and district convention
-- state convention
-- national convention
The rise and fall of party organizations
- party machines
- progressive reforms
- candidate centered campaigns
Terms: nomination, closed and open primaries, majority party, realignment, dealignment, divided government, third party, single member and multiple member districts, caucus, responsible party government
Functions of Political Parties
- recruitment
- nomination
- mobilization
- facitiltating mass electoral choice
- influencing government
The Origins of the Two Party System
- early opinion about parties
-- Washington's farewell speech
- the ratification debate
- opposition to Washington in Congress
- reinforced by winner take all system
Parties as Coalitions
- Democrats
-- union members
-- women
-- social liberals
-- multilateralists
-- ethnic minorities
- Republicans
-- business owners
-- men
-- social conservatives
-- unilateralists
-- anglos
Party positions
- Democrats
- Republicans
- where are they distinct? where are they not?
- the responsible party organization
The rise of independents
- the difficulty of maintaining a third party
Evolution in US party system
- party eras
- first: 1800-1828 - jeffersonian - republicans dominate; elite control
- second: 1828 - 1860 - democrats dominate; propoerty limits removed; party machines develop
- third: 1860 - 1896 - balance; industrial development
- fourth: 1896 - 1932 - republicans dominate; progressive issues rise
- fifth: 1932 - 1968 - democrats dominate; new deal coalition formed; civil righst increases
- sixth: 1968 - ? - divided government; rise of independents
2004: The realignment that failed
- policies were calculated to split Catholics, Latinos, and Jews from Democrats
Evolution in Texas party system
- first: 1840s - 1870s - The origin of the party system
- second: 1870s - 1970s - democrats dominate
- third: 1970s - 1990s - two party system emerges
- fourth: 2000 - ? - republicans dominate
Party Organization
- Permanent
-- precinct chair
-- county and district executive committee
-- state executive committee
--national committee
- temporary
-- precint convention
-- county and district convention
-- state convention
-- national convention
The rise and fall of party organizations
- party machines
- progressive reforms
- candidate centered campaigns